Madhya Pradesh LS Election: Repolling In THESE Four Seats Of Betul Will Be Conducted On May 10; Here’s Why

A day after the election was conducted in Madhya Pradesh, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday ordered repolling at four booths in the state. The poll will be held in Betul Lok Sabha seat on May 10. This comes after electronic voting machines were damaged when a bus ferrying them and polling personnel post-voting caught fire, an official was quoted as saying by PTI. The bus was transporting election staffers and electronic voting machines on the voting day after the poll was conducted in the Betul Lok Sabha. At around 11 PM, it caught fire near Gola village, causing damage to a few EVMs. However, no one was injured in the incident, Betul Collector Narendra Suryavanshi told PTI earlier. The order for re-election by the EC came after the district administration submitted a report on the fire incident. The repolling will be conducted from 7 am to 6 pm on May 10 (Friday) on four booths located under the Multai assembly segment of the parliamentary seat, the official said. ALSO READ: Air India Express Reduces Flight Operations After Crew Members Go On Mass Sick Leave; Centre Seeks Report These booths were set up at Government Integrated High School, Rajapur, Government Integrated High School, Raiyat, Government Primary School Kunda, Raiyat and Government Integrated High School, Chikhlimal, he said. The collector informed that a total of six polling parties and half a dozen EVMs were in the bus at the time of the incident and four of the voting machines were damaged. Of the total damaged EVMs, four machines had either a control unit or a ballot unit damaged. Betul Lok Sabha Poll According to the polling officer, the Betul Lok Sabha seat recorded voter turnout of 72.65 per cent . It was among nine seats in Madhya Pradesh where voting took place in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections.

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